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Check if you or family member due back State Pension arrears worth an average of £8,900 from DWP

The underpayment has been branded a ‘shameful shambles’ by a public spending watchdog.

Daily Record · Jan 24, 2022

DWP error leaves thousands entitled to huge State Pension payments

The errors mostly affect widows, divorcees and women

Liverpool Echo · Jan 21, 2022

State pension underpayments are ‘shameful shambles’ – spending watchdog

The Department for Work and Pensions estimates it has underpaid 134,000 pensioners, mostly women, over £1 billion of their entitlement.

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2022